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Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 10 jan 2007 09:03:11

Dear Newsgroup ~

Some time ago, there was a lively discussion on the
soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup regarding the parentage of Sir Eudes
la Zouche (died 1279), of Harringworth, Northamptonshire, husband of
Milicent de Cantelowe. Sir Eudes has traditionally been identified in
print as the brother of Sir Alan la Zouche (died 1270), of Ashby de la
Zouch, Leicestershire. However, I recently posted evidence which
suggested that Sir Eudes might actually be the son, not brother, of Sir
Alan la Zouche (died 1270). The evidence consisted of a lawsuit which
showed that Sir Eudes la Zouche's widow, Milicent, claimed dower in
property which clearly had been inherited by Sir Alan la Zouche's wife,
Ellen de Quincy. Presumably this property passed by gift of Ellen de
Quincy to Sir Eudes la Zouche. Such a gift would be easily explained
if Sir Eudes was the son of Ellen de Quincy.

At the time, I stated that I believed there was a record in print which
detailed Ellen de Quincy's exact inheritance. This record shows all of
the manors which Ellen de Quincy inherited from her father, Sir Roger
de Quincy, Earl of Winchester. If it could be proven that other lands
of Ellen de Quincy's inheritance passed to Sir Eudes la Zouche or his
heirs, then I think a good case could be made that Sir Eudes was
Ellen's son, rather than her brother-in-law. It is known, for example,
that Ellen de Quincy settled various manors of her inheritance on her
known younger son, Sir Oliver la Zouche.

Since the original discussion, I've determined that the published
account of the partition of the estates of Sir Roger de Quincy, Earl of
Winchester, is found in the following source:

Report on the MSS of Reginald Rawdon Hastings, Esq. 1 (Hist. MSS Comm.
78) (1928): 323-342.

It will probably take a good deal of detective work to determine what
became of all of Ellen de Quincy's inheritance. However, for those
interested in solving this interesting medieval problem, this partition
record would be the place to start digging.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

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